West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-02-10

pound it out OF him. So they trioi the sur,
gerry or tho sword aud one summer day in the
year 6h no was de aNitated Perhaps the
mghtest intellect OF the 5000 years of the
worlds existence hoodwinked, cheated, ca.
iolcd. dupel by tho Christian religion All
that Il the remarkable thing about this delu.
SION OF christianity, It ovcrpowers the
strongest iutcllects Gather the critics secu.
lar and religious, Of this century together,
and put vote q them as 10 which Is the
greatest book ever writtcn, aud 10y large
majority they will say Paradise lost.
Who wrote "Nirad'Sc Lost" Ono Of the
fools who believed Ina this Bible, John Mil
ton. Ben amin Franklin surrendered to this
delusion. n YOU way Judge from the letter
that m wrote 60 Thomas Paine begging him
q destroy tho Age OF Reason in manu-.
Sript and never let IL 90 into type, and writ.
ing afterward In his old days. cor this
Jesus ~ Nazareth have 20 say that tho svs.
tenn " morals lic 10 {, aud th, religion lie
has given ms are th' best things tho world
has ever sc'n or Is likely 10 SEQ.
latrlck Horny. tho electric champion
so that n SAYS Tho book worth all othcr
hooks put together Is tho Bihlc BENJAMIN
Rush, tho leading physiologist and anatom.
- or his day, tn ~rent medical s'icntist--
what dld ho say The only true aud perfect
rchginn a Chris iauity. Isaac Newton thu
lcadtng philosopher of his time-what lid he
saw That man surrcndcriug 20 this deli.
SION ~ the Christian religion. CRYING ont:
" he suhlimcst thilo~ophy ON earth is the
philosophy of tho Gospel David brewster
az the pronunciation OF whose namo ovory
scicntist tho world over d wv his head. David
hrowstor saying. 80, thi, relig on has hoon
a great light 90 me a Vcrv great light all my
days' President Thiers. tho great
French statesman. acknowledging that lac
PRAYED when he sal I. Il invoke the Iord
God la whom am glad - believe David
Livingstone, able o. conluer tho lion. able
tn nquer the panther. ahlo O con lucr ho
tava 20, vet con luorcd hy this delusiou. this
halluc nation. this great swindle nf the agcs
~ when thov end him dead thcv hnI him on
MS kneo. William r. Gladstone the struny-
ct intellect I'm England to-day. unabio t. re.
sist This rhimern, this fnllacy. this delusion
~ the Chr stian RELIGION, goes 20 the house
ot God cvcrv Sabbath, aud often, mt the i'm.
Nitation Of tn rector, ads the prAyers 20
th IN 'oplc. -. VI those mighty int 4 e,ts are
ovcrborne hy this deusiou, what chance
h r' for YOU and Tor mo-
Reside that I have noticel that first.rnt,
lnhd.ls cannot b' d'peulel ON for stem lfn,t
ness ln the uro ro.lamatiou ~ th'ir s1utimonts
Goethe. a leading skop H.. was so wrou Int
upon 10y this Christianity that in n weak
moment ho Criel ont my belief i'm the
hlble has saved me In my literary aud moral
W." housscau, on1 ~ tho most eloquent
champion of iundclitv spending his whole
liic warning against Christianity, cries out.
TIE ma icsty of the Scriptures amazos me
Alihmont the notorious iutid. \, one would
think he would have besn safe against this
do usiun - tho Christian religion Oh, no.
After talking against Christianity all his
days, in his lat hours he ,roI out. ooh
ihlu blnsphomei but most indulgent
Lord Cod, hell itse,f is refuge n
it hide mo from Thy frown Noltaire tho
most talented intidel the wo | I ever saw
writing two hundred aud Hfty publication.
n1t the most ~ th 'm spitcful against Chris.
tality, himself the most notorious libertiue
n tho Contury-oue would have ia ,upbt lac
NsHaHf .Hs.N
IN a.tuoss in th- advu ary ~ nH,Ielitv and in
the war against this torrible chmorn this
dclusiou of the GOsusl Pot no. ir AL. last
huur D. atked Tor thrIst an burial. aud AK,
that thy give him the sacrament of the
Lord Jesus Christ Why. Won cnunot dc.
not .peni uuon tlo'r power to resist this
great delusiun of Christ anitv Thouas
Paine the got - dern stepties. bi.
birthday celebrated 10 New York
Thomas Paine thr para ON Of bible
hat'rs Tho rRs rainr. about whom bi.
hr Their intioi. william Carver. wrote iu "a
let'er which ha,eut my house sav ng that
ur frank a quart oi rum day ani va, TOO
moan aud To- dishonest o. ray Tor e Thorn.
as lainc, The n iorcd ~ modern inHdelitv-
Thomas Iaiuo. who stole uputha- map's wi "a
in Englani aud brought her - this land
lhvinas iaiuc who was so sIualid aud Fl
lhtlofuu nul su duntou and % orr8Nigat,
AMI ,u b.nstly iu his habits som tim.s iekcI
oIt ~ tho dit b. sometime. to GltlY 4, d.
y oscl ont Thomas Paine. olo v,uII bage
t1'uthi That be- could have 10 cn depended ON
Tor e'cniinetnfes against thit grf NJ dclueiop
lut mo- lp bis dying hour. he he's tho Lori
Jo.ui Christ iUr mercy
"a thIuakiur dclusi,u ~ che Christian ro
lg on. Yea, b. goes ou. it is .o import nent,
aud Do b. 30 oserhrarug. Tbs rh,mera of th3
Gospel, That hn Eiuz conquered the great
T.ct uo galleries ~ ths world th4 Oh mas.
Ger and The young mn stcrs. atI showed in "a
former sermon. b. Is not satisfied until 30 hns
ronIuoroi tho musi of tho world Look
over The programme of TINT ma .niiccut
musical festival Tow years hEo in
Now Hcrt nul SEQ what W 30 tho
great pcrfJrman cs. nnI learn that the
greatest ~ a'l tho eu1io Wero rsIi yious
sl' O. What wns 90 ono ni fht when three
thpu.h1I yni o. wore accom- aIi-d with
vast number - lutuI IcI's' "ffaal iu
Igyrt' Voc Beethoven doludo until DO
wr"t Tho H,gh Ma Boa ID Ma 9r HAYDN
d"uI"d WiIh ih rclis lu until no wrote Tho
Creation Handel dciu o. until he wrote
thn orntorios ~ "'ouhtbahr nnd "Fsfle."
aud saul An "lsrHrl il Wv g. aui ths
Messiah" On tho closing night three
thousand deigiei p.l D. sufing of dc'u
sion q c ght fhru.nu d.iudofl Io4r.r.
1ea tlis rhiu"fa uf the Gospel NOT .at
isiied unit 90 goes on aud builds it.cl into
the mo q permanent urUh.te tufe. .p It sf.. .ug
a. n the world is mover { goi rd ~ it What
arc some of thu finest blliing in the world,
N
tho trails of an thrlFculIu Sos this gn.
Teriineuco ~ the GDs. 81, This vast del sion
is not satisfied until 10 fro O. it-eif and il
one Ftar gives, contributes. fG. 900 o.
Tor IGN missions Tho work OF which b. o.
ma duu' aud fools ou the othrr siIe 0f the
world people we have never ssen Ioiuied
DO tors two hundred nud twenty hysi JAMS
meet ng week hy wo iI London. iu the
ilon Melical Prayer Circle 90 worship
a. n De.udri lawyer. .th Info ord tnfrfra
the Ugh o cgnl authority n Fnglnfd the
oH adviser N the throne. spending Do .s.n "a
uon Boo pr. hing tho Go.u.l of Jesus CLrisf
~ the poor r urc lf q .fHgI TreIefI.k
n Frolugh hIYsrn. Nnna tIa rtHrrtlry 1f
state ~ the nifcl Stat au obs fashioned
evangelical Chr .tau. Hn elder iu Mt &c.
formed ChuCeh Jonn Bright n deIuiei
guakrr Henry wilson che Vice President
on the lnitol States. dyinEn 70 luIed Motho.
1ist pr a. nEreeat.0uaIist Fau nf Kiutl
dying n deIul1l presIytar Tho cnnui
baIs in South SEA- enc Bu.hmrn 0f Terra dob
Fleg1. The Wild men OF Australia. putting
down the knives m their cruelty aul cloth
iug themselves In decent APPAREL aIl under
tue power NJ th.s d0Ius.1n JuIeln. and Uufv.
and Abel Hui Camp. oIl nui VIII am. anil
th. Three tnIu.aud missionaries Of the cross
turning their hacks Un hou.enuI civilization
nn1 r1iufnrtand going ont among The elualor
.i hrnfh.nIsrn t1 receive &c. On save If o.
heIp DO t1Ilug until they drop into their
graves, dying with np earthly comfort about
Them. and going iut0 graves with 900 arrro
Iriaio ep'tauh when they might have lIset